Human Target Canceled (Mania.com)

A week before the networks officially reveal their up-fronts for next fall, Fox has revealed they've picked up a few new shows and canceled some others. One of those receiving the axe is "Human Target," says the Hollywood Reporter. Fox adds to its series pickups with dramas Alcatraz and The Finder.

"Alcatraz" is from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Prods. and Warner Bros. TV, is a crime drama revolving around Alcatraz and the team investigating the mysterious reappearance of its 1960s inhabitants in the present. The latter, a Bones spinoff from sister studio 20th TV, centers on a military-trained "finder" (Geoff Stults) who helps locate lost items or persons in the Florida Keys.

Alcatraz gained early buzz and a fan in Fox's Peter Rice, according to sources, though some questioned whether the net had room for another mystery drama with Abrams' Fringe already on the schedule. For its part, The Finder, which recently rolled out as a back-door pilot, won high marks internally, particularly by those who wanted to find a way to continue the Bones franchise once the long-running --and thus pricey- original ends.

To make room, one source with knowledge of the situation says drama "Human Target" has been canceled.